Watch holder



Jan. 4, 192 7. 1,613,492

L. B. THOMPSON WATCH HOLDER Filed April '24 1925- 2 %4WQKM Patented Jan. 4, 1 927.

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LOUIS B. THOMPSON, OF llrIARSI-IALL, MICHIGAN.

WATCH HOLDER.

Application filed April 24, 1925.

V This invention relates to a holder which may be adapted for various purposes or general use, but which is particularly intended to be used by jewelers or watch makers for holding watches which are being kept for repairing.

The objects of this invention are to provide an improved hold-er for supporting watches or the like; to provide a holder which may be cheaply manufactured and which will be durable and ei'iicfent in operation; to provide a holder which is adapted to receive and support watches having various forms of cases; to provide a holder in which a watch may be held in different positions for adjusting the same; to provide a holder which will rigidly support a watch; and to provide such other advantages and novel features as will be described more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating this invention,

Figure 1 is a view showing a portion of a rack or board with a plurality of holders arranged thereon;

Figure 2 is a cross sectional View taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a rear elevation of the holder.

My improved holder has a back or body portion l having holes 5 at the ends for receiving screws 6 for fastening it to a board or other suitable support 7. The central portion of the back plate or strip is offset or raised as shown in Figure 2. This strip is provided with outwardly projecting fingers 8 which are preferably formed integrally therewith and are struck up from the lower end of the plate as shown in Fig ures 2 and 3.

The front plate or strip 9 is slidably mounted on the back plate 4 and is provided with outwardly projecting fingers 10 which are adapted to coact with the fingers 8 for holding a watch. as indicated at 1.1. The fingers 10 are preferably formed integrally with the strip 9 and may be struck up from the upper end of the plate, as shown in Figures l and 2. The lower end of the plate or strip 9 is cut away so that it fits closely between the projections or fingers S and provides shoulders 12- which engage with the hooks 8 to limit the movement of the plate or slide 9 in one direction. The plate or slide 9 has a lug projects through a a and serves as a slot 14: in the back plate guide for the'slide. A

or projection 13 which Serial No. 25,602.

spring 15 of the peculiar shape shown in Figures 2 and 3 has a hook 16 at one end which engages with an, eye 17 on the back 4 and has a hook 18 at the opposite end which engages with the lug or projection 13 on the slide 9. The spring 15 serves not only to press the slide 9 downwardly or so as to urge the holding fingers 10 toward the holding fingers 8, but also serves as a looking or fastening member to hold the slide in position on the back plate. The lower end of the slide 9 is bent outwardly or provided with a thumb piece 19 for raising it against the tension of the spring 15.

Vi hen the watch maker or repair man wishes to insert a watch in the holder, he presses upwardly or against thethumb piece 19 which opens the holder so that the watch may be inserted or placed on the hooks 8, as illustrated in Figure 1, and then as the slide is released the hooks 9 will engage with the upper portion of the watch to hold it in position.

It will be readily seen that the watch will be securely held in such position against vibration and may be held in different positions for adjusting. This is particularly advantageous for the repair man in adjusting a watch after it has been repaired as he J will know that the watch will be rigidly held at any fixed position and this will greatly facilitate the proper adjustment or timing of the same. It will also be particularly noted that the holder is adapted for receiving different sized cases of various shapes such as rounch hexagonal or other forms, either with or without case lugs or bows. It will be noted that the two principal parts of the device may be readily formed of sheet metal and may be conveniently and cheapl made by means of suitable dies. It will also be noted that changes may be made in the details of construction or form of the device in order to adapt it for different watches or different conditions, therefore I do not wish to be limited to the exactarrangement herein shown and described except as s 'iecilied in the following claims in which I claim:

1. A watch holder sheet metal having integrally formed fingers, a second strip slidably engaging with the first named strip and also having integrally forn'ied lingers adapted to coact with the first named fingers for holding a watch or the like, projections on each of said strips. and a spring engaging with said projections comprising a strip of and serving to more the strips to holding position.

2. A holder for Watches, comprising a metal strip having an otl'set central portion and having fingers projecting from the oil'- set portion, a second strip slidzihly engaging with the first named strip and having shoulders for ei'ig-eigen'ient with said fingers, and also having an extension fitting between Said fingers With'n t hunih piece at the end thereof, fingers projecting from the second named strip and adapted to coast with the first named fingers for holding the Watch, a projection on the second named strip which passes through it slot in the first named strip, and a spring engaging with said projection and with the firs; nzrnied strip and adapted to hold the parts together as Well as to IIIOYG the second nan'i'et-l strip to engaging position.

Awveteh holder, comprising a strip of sheet metal having 'ii'i'tegrelly formed fingers, a second strip slidzibly engaging with the first nenied strip and also having integrally formed lingers adapted to coact with the first named fingers for holding a Watch, said second nitmed strip having a projection passing through it slot in the first named strip,end u spring engaging with said projection and with an eye in the first'nained strip and serving to move the second minted strip to holding position and to fasten the parts together.

LOUIS B. THOMPSON. 

